How common is the last name Wolfe?

80,540 people in the United States have the last name Wolfe, about 1 in 3,711. It ranks #388 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WOLFE

#388

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
80,540
About
1 in 3,711
This common or more
29.2%
Who bears it

Of the 80,540 people with the last name Wolfe, 87.5% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as two or more races and 3.7% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wolfe

#386 Dawson · 80,960#387 Horton · 80,807#389 Graves · 80,533#390 Salinas · 80,378

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wolfe, most common first.

#467 Wolf · 69,917#1,652 Wolff · 21,203#46,623 Woulfe · 492#61,594 Wolffe · 352#91,198 Wolpe · 217#100,469 Woolfe · 192

Also a first name

As a first name, Wolfe ranks #25,331 of 53,615, with 375 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 53 births. See Wolfe as a first name

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